London Architecture
London Architecture Week
Duration: Two weeks Dates: Destination London is a two-week summer-school short course designed for undergraduate students who are interested in exploring how tourism and events have shaped one of the world s top city destinations. Set in the heart of London, at our Marylebone Campus, the course includes two weeks of study and includes visits to museums, venues, the Olympic Park and historic areas of the city. The course is delivered in full-day sessions that include teaching and learning sessions with experts, plus study visits, and provides the…
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As the UK’s oldest and only remaining private school of architecture, the AA School of Architecture has helped to shape modern architectural education and the profession in the United Kingdom and beyond Why AA School of Architecture? The AA is an architecture school like no other – made up of diverse unit and programme studios, public galleries, dozens of lectures, exhibitions and publications, as well as archives, libraries, workshops and the countless moments of spontaneous revolution that take place at the AA everyday. The School s flexible…
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Cabbie and Bowie fan Robert Lordan pays tribute to the late legend in pics. It s tough to sum up what the late, great David Bowie meant to myself and countless others. So I’ll keep it simple. He was a legend. He was a Londoner. This great city should be immensely proud of him. So to honour his life and career, here s a round-up of some of the London sites connected to the star: Tributes at David Bowie s place of birth, Stansfield Road 40 Stansfield Road, SW9 It was at this Brixton address on January 8 1947 that David Robert Jones was born. His mum…
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Living in London is becoming more and more desirable – from increasing industry to diverse cultural experiences, there is always something to attract people to city living. Certain areas of the City have grown in popularity while others are on the increase at present. Investing in property in London is a great idea for anyone who is looking to develop a property portfolio – whether purchasing an older property to renovate or convert, or a complete new build – you will need to consult a chartered Architect. If you have managed to secure some land…
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© Andrew Lee From the architect. Our clients, a family of 5 came to us with a site and a sketch which described their brief. The site is an elevated bare croftland site with views over Dunvegan bay to the Waternish peninsula. It has long views to the north to Isle of Harris and south towards Dunvegan. To the west is a wooded cliff. © Andrew Lee The brief was for an open plan living/dining/lounge but also separate games room and study/sitting room and 4 bedrooms. The main living space can be divided off from the back bedrooms by means of a 3 m sliding…
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London designers Campaign have installed a cardboard shop selling architecture books as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Called Foldaway Bookshop, the temporary store is stocked by RIBA Bookshops and will be recycles at the end of the installation. Recommendations from London architects and critics are displayed on the walls alongside projected films featuring London landmarks. The shop remains in place until 4 July. Here s some more information from Campaign: Foldaway Bookshop Opening for just 13 days, Foldaway Bookshop is a pop-up…
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Reuse The Box Sept. 29 – Dec. 23, 2016 Look across Virginia and you will see it, the abandoned big box store. These large, vacant former retail warehouses often sit in weed-infested, crumbling parking lots. The design team, consisting of an international group of architecture graduate students and Architecture Professor Kay Edge of Virginia Tech, began with a plain vacant big-box building. The resulting exhibition, a collaboration between this team of designers and The Branch, showcases how thoughtful architecture and design approaches can initiate…
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Ed’s Shed/Sunken House; De Beauvoir Road, Hackney Image: Ed Reeve Ed’s Shed, also known as the Sunken House, is a prime example of contemporary minimalism that was built in record time. It was completely finished inside and out within roughly ten months in 2007. From the outside, there is little to indicate that this black wooden box is a house: simply a plain slot window at the front. However, inside the building is characterised by simple shapes and forms, clean lines, tremendous use of light and great attention to the manipulation of space. The…
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The Tower of London was extremely important during the Middle Ages. William the Conqueror started building on the site soon after the Norman Conquest, and was often enlarged and modified by subsequent English monarchs, in the Middle Ages and later as well. It served as fortress and arsenal to protect and control the city of London, royal residence, prison, and symbol of royal authority. It had other, miscellaneous functions as well- for example, the Lion tower housed the royal menagerie until 1834. Though the large Norman keep, called the White…
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